How many syllables in banana?

There are 3 syllables in the word banana.

How to pronounce banana:

banana (noun):: an elongated usually tapering tropical fruit with soft pulpy flesh enclosed in a soft usually yellow rind; any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits.

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